Byron Center Christian School Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Byron Center, MI EIN: 83-3558682

To financially support the activities of byron center christian school.

Byron Center Christian School Foundation at a glance

In short: Byron Center Christian School Foundation gave $90K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $90K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$90,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$90,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$90,000
Total assets
$3,641,206
-47.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Byron Center Christian School Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Byron Center Christian School: $90KByron Center Christian School$90K

The largest 2025 recipient was Byron Center Christian School ($90K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K5$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Byron Center

How Byron Center Christian School Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 20% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $65K (2019) to $90K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $90K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Byron Center Christian School Byron Center, MISupport the School$90,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$3,641,206$1,034,861$114,154$90,0001$969,370
2024$6,869,410$168,852$115,211$90,0001$52,783
2023$4,456,204$142,933$104,706$75,0001$64,510
2022$3,577,915$177,779$101,876$75,0001$100,135
2021$3,790,144$135,382$92,203$70,0001$83,856
2020$2,373,558$182,114$91,637$65,0001$66,916
2019$2,201,327$38,939$73,695$65,0001$17,867

About Byron Center Christian School Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Byron Center Christian School Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Byron Center, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $90K. Net investment income was $969K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Byron Center Christian School Foundation is led by Deb Blacquiere, President since 2024 (on filings since 2022); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Deb Blacquiere

    President

    Directortrustee → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jordan Timmer

    Trustee

    Directortrustee → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Fles

    Trustee

    Directortrustee → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrea Snyder

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Sal

    Secretary

    President → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Roosien

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Olivia Huisman (2022–2024) — Directortrustee
  • Former: Rick Roosien (2023) — Directortrustee
  • Former: Justin Gritter (2019–2022) — Directortrustee
  • Former: Kevin Veltman (2021–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jaci Lubbers (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Steve Marcusse (2019–2021) — Directortrustee
  • Former: Jeffrey Devree (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Pete Quakkellar (2019–2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Byron Center Christian School Foundation

How much does Byron Center Christian School Foundation give each year?

Byron Center Christian School Foundation gave $90K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $90K across 1 grant.

How large is Byron Center Christian School Foundation?

Byron Center Christian School Foundation reported $3.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.0M.

What is Byron Center Christian School Foundation?

Byron Center Christian School Foundation is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Byron Center, MI. It holds $3.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Byron Center Christian School Foundation operate?

Byron Center Christian School Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Byron Center Christian School Foundation's EIN?

Byron Center Christian School Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-3558682. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 3, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 10, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 2, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 30, 2020)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 26, 2024)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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